A Worthy Piece of Work: The Untold Story of Madeline Morgan and the Fight for Black History in Schools Hines Michael
The story of Madeline Morgan, the activist educator who brought Black history to one of the nation's largest and most segregated school systems.A Worthy Piece of Work tells the story of Madeline…
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The story of Madeline Morgan, the activist educator who brought Black history to one of the nation's largest and most segregated school systems.A Worthy Piece of Work tells the story of Madeline Morgan, a teacher and activist in WWII-era Chicago, who fought her own battle on the home front, authoring curricula that bolstered Black claims for recognition and equal citizenship. During the Second World War, as Black Americans reasserted demands for democracy at home, even as they fought to save it abroad, Morgan's work gained national attention, widespread praise, and became a model for individual teachers, schools, and school districts across the country.Scholar Michael Hines outlines how Morgan's curriculum gained momentum through the convergence of interests between Black educators and white policymakers which ultimately lead to her pioneering work in